After six-plus months of public beta testing and more than three years after its previous major point release, RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) version 7 is out. The update speaks to Red Hat's interests in outfitting RHEL with many of the latest enterprise and data center features. Here are the five top-of-the-line new additions to RHEL 7 that caught our eyes.
1. Docker
The biggest new addition to RHEL 7 is tight integration of Docker, the explosively popular application-virtualization technology. With Docker itself hitting 1.0 status, the timing on RHEL 7 couldn't be more fitting.